The Harry Potter author apologised to the boy's mum and deleted her incorrect tweets after admitting her error

By Maryse Godden

1st August 2017,9:05 am

Updated: 1st August 2017,9:25 am

JK ROWLING has apologised for falsely accusing US president Donald Trump of snubbing a wheelchair-bound boy.

The Harry Potter author apologised to the child’s mum and deleted her tweets based on an edited clip that popped up on social media, appearing to show Trump ignoring a disabled three-year-old boy – whose name is Monty.

Admitting her error, Rowling tweeted: “Re: my tweets about the small boy in a wheelchair whose proffered hand the president appeared to ignore in press footage.

“Multiple sources have informed me that that was not a full or accurate representation of their interaction.

“I very clearly projected my own sensitivities around the issue of disabled people being overlooked or ignored onto the images I saw and if that caused any distress to that boy or his family, I apologise unreservedly.”

In a series of tweets over the weekend, Rowling called Trump a “monster of narcissism” and claimed he had “pretended not to see” a child in a wheelchair as he met with “victims of Obamacare” before a press conference on July 24.

She wrote: “Trump imitated a disabled reporter. Now he pretends not to see a child in a wheelchair, as though frightened he might catch his condition.

“This monster of narcissism values only himself and his pale reflections. The disabled, minorities, transgender people, the poor, women (unless related to him by ties of blood, and therefore his creations) are treated with contempt, because they do not resemble Trump.

“My mother used a wheelchair. I witnessed people uncomfortable around her disability, but if they had a shred of decency they got over it.

Piers Morgan tweeted a screen grab of a woman claiming to be the boy’s mother and her thoughts on the situation

The woman named Majorie Kelly Weer said: “If someone can get a message to JK Rowling: Trump didn’t snub my son and Monty wasn’t even trying to shake his hand.
“He’s three and hand shaking is not his thing. He was showing off his newly acquired secret service patch.”

Chelsea Clinton had retweeted JK Rowling’s claims about Donald Trump – but when she saw the full video, she quickly realised her mistake and admitted her error.

Hello Piers-I hadn't seen the full video until now. I removed the retweet. And, the President should have shaken the boy's hand at the end.